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Greg Chism
Education
Ph.D. Entomology and Insect Science (minor in EEB)
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2022 - 2017
- Advisor: Dr. Anna Dornhaus
- Interdisciplinary research into how ant nest shapes affects how they behave
- Considered the implications towards animal behavior and human architecture fields
B.S. Zoology
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
2016 - 2014
- Advisors: Drs. Armand Kuris, Kevin Laugherty, Jonathan Pruitt
- Investigation into the food web of sandy beach arthropods.
- Probing animal personality of sandy beach jumping spiders and social spiders
- Graduated distinction within major (EEMB)
A.A. Biology
Shasta Community College
Redding, CA
2014 - 2012
Certifications
Data Carpentries Instructor
The Carpentries
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Trained to provide high quality data science workshops that are inclusive and broad reaching
Teaching and Mentorship
Data Science Fellows
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2022
- Educated health and biomedical postdocs in open science in a program that developed, exchanged, and created data science expertise
Roots for Resilience (R4R)
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2022
- Educated senior grad students across several disciplines to use data science techniques to encourage discoveries within their domains
Research Compendium Using GitHub and RStudio
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2022
- Created and taught a workshop series on reproducuble research compendium using GitHub and RStudio
- Created a companion Quarto book for asynchronous learners
Exploratory Data Analysis in R Workshop Series
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2022
- Created and taught a workshop series on exploratory data analysis using the dlookr R package
- Created a companion Quarto book for asynchronous learners
KEYS Program Educator
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2022
- Created and implemented an interactive Open Science and Machine Learning Curriculum for Title I high school seniors
- Taught introduction to R/RStudio utilyzing RStudio Cloud
Undergraduate Research Mentor
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2020 - 2018
- Nine students mentored in producing publication quality data
- Two students are coauthors on publications
Insect Discovery Teaching Assistant
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2019 - 2018
- Taught insect science K-8 title I students from the Southwest through four on-campus workshops
- Gave on-site interactive demonstrations on insect science at the Flandrau Planetarium
KEYS High School Student Mentor
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2019
- Mentored an advanced high school student in data etiquette and hypothesis testing
SARSEF High School Student Mentor
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2018
- Mentored three high school students in data etiquette and hypothesis testing
Professional Development
Foundational Open Science Skills (FOSS)
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2022
- CyVerse’s workshop series on collaborative open science using cutting-edge, open source cyberinfrastructure, in a collaborative, hands-on setting
Developing the Data Science Classroom
RStudio::conf(2022)
N/A
2022
- Workshop that equipped educators with a pedagogical approach to utiluzing R and RStudio for teaching in a data science classroom setting.
Basic & Advanced Container Camp
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2022
- CyVerse’s Basics and Advanced workshops on container technologies which emphasized sharing, scaling, and reusing tools and workflows for all types of computational analyses
Data-driven Ecological Synthesis 2018
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Canada
2018
- Week-long course towards applying the R programming language to answer a diversity of biological questions
Intro to Modeling in Biology (ECOL 519)
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
2017
- Exploring the role of biological modeling with hands-on examples in Mathematica
Published Teaching Curriculum
Data7 EDA in R Workshop Series
Zenodo
N/A
2022
- Companion materials and Quarto Book for my Exploratory Data Analysis in R workshop series
Data7 Reproducible Research with GitHub and RStudio Workshop Series
Zenodo
N/A
2022
- Companion materials and Quarto Book for my Reproducible Research with GitHub and RStudio Workshop Series
Data7 KEYS Internship Open Science Materials
Zenodo
N/A
2022
- Compantion Quarto presentations and R Markdown for my KEYS internship open science curriculum
Published Research Compendium
AntColonyPerformance
Zenodo
N/A
2022
- GitHub repository for a research compendium to reproduce in preparation research
NestArchOrg
Zenodo
N/A
2022
- GitHub repository for a research compendium to reproduce results from DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498314
HumidityProject
Zenodo
N/A
2022
- GitHub repository for a research compendium to reproduce results from DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.497551
Published Research
Nest shape influences colony organization in ants: spatial distribution and connectedness of colony members differs from that predicted by random movement and is affected by nest space
bioRxiv Preprint
N/A
2022
- Coauthored with Nichols, W., and Dornhaus A.
Temnothorax rugatulus ants do not change their nest walls in response to environmental humidity
bioRxiv Preprint
N/A
2022
- Coauthored with Faron W., and Dornhaus A.
A hymenopteran odorant alerts flies to bury eggs
bioRxiv Preprint
N/A
2021
- Coauthored with Davis, S. M., Maurer, M. M., Trejo, J. E., Garcia, R. J., & Schlenke, T. A.
ABCTracker: an easy-to-use, cloud-based application for tracking multiple objects
arXiv Preprint
N/A
2020
- Coauthored with Rice, L., Tate, S., Farynyk, D., Sun, J., Charbonneau, D., … & Shin, M. C.
Intraindividual behavioral variability predicts foraging outcome in a beach-dwelling jumping spider
Scientific reports
N/A
2017
- Coauthored with Lichenstein, J.L.L, Pruitt J.N.
Published Datasets
Data repository for DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498314
Zenodo
N/A
2022
- Nest shape influences colony organization in ants: spatial distribution and connectedness of colony members differs from that predicted by random movement and is affected by nest space (1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6784395
Data repository for DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498314
Zenodo
N/A
2022
- Temnothorax rugatulus ants do not change their nest walls in response to environmental humidity (1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6780270
Outreach and Service
Industry Careers in Data Science Speaker Series
University of Arizona
N/A
2022
- Developed and hosted a speaker series that focused on academics that transitioned to industry careers in data science
RStudio Connect Landing Page
University of Arizona
N/A
2022
- Built a launch page with interactive user metrics and monthly project highlights
- Expected completion: October, 2022
ResBaz Arizona 2022
University of Arizona
N/A
2022
- Co-chair of ResBaz AZ 2022 organizational committee
Insect Discovery Website
University of Arizona
N/A
2022
- Designed content for the Insect Discovery website, hosted by the UArizona Extension Program
Invited Talks
How nest shapes can influence colony level organization
Small intercontinental lab meet-up on colony organization and nest architecture in social insects
N/A
2021
Nest architecture may influence ants the same was buildings influence humans
Advances in Complex Systems: From Ecology to Economics - Lake Como School of Adv. Studies
N/A
2019
The influence of nest architecture on colony level organization in ants
UArizona SIAM Seminar series
N/A
2019
Selected Awards
Carruth Award for Graduate Student Excellence
$500
N/A
2021
GIDP - EIS Program Education Award
$250
N/A
2020
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Award Accepted
$300,000
N/A
2019
References
Anna Dornhaus (Ph.D.)
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- Professor
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- The University of Arizona
Jeffrey Oliver (Ph.D.)
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- Data Science Specialist
- University Libraries
- The University of Arizona
Maliaca Oxnam (M.A.)
N/A
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- Deputy Director
- Data Science Institute
- The University of Arizona
Nirav Merchant (Ph.D.)
N/A
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- Director/Co-PI
- Data Science Institute/CyVerse
- The University of Arizona